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- 'Bird flu suspected after woman dies in Shanghai (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A woman who died in Shanghai this week is suspected to have had bird flu, a health official has said, as China's most populous city stepped up measures to prevent the potential spread of the disease.
'Cambodian villagers quarantined after bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodian health workers have quarantined part of a village near the capital Phnom Penh after a three-year-old girl died of bird flu and seven others were feared to have caught the deadly virus, officials have said.
'FAO gives Mauritania $45,000 to prevent bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has granted Mauritania 45,000 dollars in emergency aid as part of a scheme to prevent bird flu spreading to North Africa.
'Deadly bird flu spreads in Gaza Strip (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Palestinians were grappling with a spreading outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, which is also deadly to humans, with a second case detected in the Gaza Strip.
'Scientists Study How Bird Flu Spreads (AP via Yahoo! News)
Scientists say they've found a reason bird flu isn't spreading easily from person to person: The virus concentrates itself too deep in the respiratory tract to be spewed out by coughing and sneezing.
'Bird flu kills 3-year-old girl in Cambodia (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has killed a young girl in Cambodia, the first human victim of the virus in the poor southeast Asian nation in almost a year, while Jordan on Friday became the latest Middle East country hit by an outbreak.
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